Imran Riaz Khan, a renowned Pakistani journalist with a massive online following, has been re-united with his family after being missing for more than four months.
Police has confirmed that he has safely returned to his home in Sialkot city.
He was arrested at Sialkot airport while he was on his way to Oman. Imran Riaz, considered close to former PM Imran Khan, was arrested on 11 May, but later went missing after being released from jail on a court order.
In the video message posted on X, formerly Twitter, shortly after his arrest on May 11, the 47-year-old journalist said the “space to talk is shrinking in the country and I am being forced into silence”.
“I am leaving the country so I can continue speaking,” said the journalist.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Sialkot police said Khan “has been safely recovered” and is now with his family. The police, however, did not say from where the journalist was traced.